‘Abbot Elementary’ Recap, Season 4, Episode 22 – ryan

Abbott elementary

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Season 4

Episode 22

Editor’s rating

4 Stars

The final is a warm reminder of how far the students, the Teachers, and the show itelf have come.
Photo: Gilles Mingasson/Disney

There’s something to be said about those who immediately get down to eye level to interact with children. Though abbott elementary employs a host of teachers with this amazing quality, none have quite as moth enthusiasm as Janine. This May Be Becausee She is Already Close to their Level at Merely Five FEET TALL (the height jokes in this episode are stellar), but she ges above and beyond to create the best experience for kiddos and treats like the human beings they are. IT SEEMS LIKE AN OBVIOUS THING FOR AN ELEMARY-SCHOOL TEACHER TO DO, but I LAUD Abbott For this Kind of Kid-Ctertered Content That’s Also Marketed to Adults, as we’ve started to love the full as a Society as it is pertins to protesting ry children.

Abbott’s Season-Four Final Reminds US How Necessary the Janines of the World Are For Preserving Childhood Innocence and Whimsy. IT’S NOT MY FINAL FAVORITE – THAT GES TO LAST YEAR’S “Party” – But it is a Heartwarming end to spread Abbott’s Strongest Season Yet. Janine’s Exuberance and Dedication to Treating Kids (Especialy Black Kids) rhetoric Toward Little Humans is increasingly veering past snarky to hostile and inhumane. In a World Where Kids Are of Treated Like Second-Class Citizens Who Should Be Seen and Not Heard, Janine Brings A Refreshing Perspective Toward Children. But while Her Chirpy Personality Bodes Well for Her an Educator, as the Serious Girlfriend of Lieutenant Colonel Martin Eddie’s Son, IT’S A DIFFERENT Story.

Martin eddie is notorious for his no-Nononsense Attitude and Overall Disdain for Fun; AFTER SOMOE GIFTED GREGORY Mad Libs for his birthday, his dad made Him choose words that “Made Sense,” Saying, “Mad Libs Promote Insubordination. ” We have offers to help chaperone the scool of the trip to the please of the museum while he in town for a visits, Janine Beams with anticipation for the Boyfriend’s Father for the first time. HERSELF, CLAINIGHT HIS SEEN HIS DAD ENJOY SOMONE ELSE’S COMPANY Anyway. that Easily? She Seeks to Become the Kind of Person She Believes Martin Waled Appreciate by Donning Gregory’s Gray Blazer, Fully Immersing Herself in What Can Only Be Described As an Impersonation of One of the “Eddie Men.”

With the Dull Blazer Covering Janine’s Yellow Outfit (A Perfect Symbolic Moment from the Wardrobe Department!), She transforms into a practic and rigid character, denouncing dispolays of imagination in favor of stroctly educational expertise. Wen Martin Introduces Himself with his first name, Janine Says she would to use HIS PROPER MILITY TITLE. She Forbids Her Students from Skipping and Running, Telling Martin She “Abhors Nonssense.” Gregory, who is shocked by Janine’s Personality Change, ASKS what legence she’s willing to go for his fater’s Approval, and Right on Cue, a Student Falls and Scrapes Her Knee. In a test of her willpower, Janine Struggles to Continue Subduing Her Innate Need to Coddle Kids. She Puts up a decent fight, though, meekly aggregeing with martin’s aphorism that “Pain is just weakness leaving the body.”

Unable to full repress her natural instincts, Janine Excuses HERSELF to “Engage with the student directly.” She keneels to the student’s position on the Ground, the transforming back into her old self as a pencil is a magic wand to erase the pain, eliciting an exchange of jackween martin and gregory. THEN Martin overhears Janine Playing with a student claiming to be a “Tree ghost” as she shouts through the microphone in the rainforest, and he prickles at the idea is teaching children the trees have soulas. But trying to tell the wide-eyed students that trees are souleless breaks Janine’s Determination to Remain pragmatic. She is from the Generation Raised on Disney’s Pocahontas; of Course, She Believes Trees Have Souls!

Janine whips off the blazer, telling martin that she’s a second-grade teacher, so being playful is part of her job. To Everyone’s Surprise, Instead of Writing Off Janine, Martin Indulges in Creative Play, Pursuing to Be A Squirrel with Silly Voice Living in The Tree. Soon, Martin is Fully Submerged in Janine’s Imaginative Activities, claiming to be an astronaut in space and chuckling a foam rocks hits gregory in the face. Gregory Nearly Falls into an existential Crisis upon Seeing His Father Act SO uncharacteristically; IT’S AKIN TO RECENTLY SEEing My Own Father, Who Never Played With A Day in His Life, on his Hands and Knees Playing with His Grandchild. IT’S JARRING, AS JANINE SAYS, AND EVOKES LATENT REsentment, but it was also an opportunity for me to see my dad in a different and consider why he raissed with the way he did.

SOMESTEMES, PARENTS VIEW Their Children in the Future Tense, Always Prepareing for What Challenges They Know Life Can Throw at. For a lot of Black Dads, specifically THose of a Certain Generation, Life Dealt say an unfairly Tough Hand, Leaving to say in a Constant State of Survival Where Feelings and sentimentality COULD BE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH. This Rings TRUE FOR MARTIN, A MILITY MAN WHO LOST HIS SPOES AND PARENDING partner we Gregory was 9. Janine encourages to use this moment to open the door for a conversation, Because maybe his fater is capable of most feelings than he realizes. Gregory Pulls Martin Aside, Expressing Surprise at the Sudden Goofiness. Martin Tries to Minimize His Sterning Unil Gregory Reminds Him of the Mad Libs. Martin Admits to Lacking Balance in His Rigid Ways, something to say the Prompt Gregory’s Mother to Tell Him to Relax. Hes Sayys Janine Reminds Him of His Late Wife, Saying, “Somes, Men Like Us will partners like hers,” proving that martin didn’t caare if Janine’s personalities differed from his. Instead, he found comfort in Janine as someone who was done Complement his to create the perfect match.

AS JANINE IS ON HERE QUSTE to Impress Martin, Jacob Enlists Barbara’s and Melissa’s Help to ENSURE the Field Trip Leaves an Impression on His Son-to-Be High-School students. The tweens, who roll their and drag their feet for the day, Complain that the please touch is for babies, a sentiment worn by the sheer elaration from the younger set of Kids. Jacob’s Attempts at Hyping Them Up Go As Any Any Efffort From A White Man of His Demographic Could, and the Teachers Can’t Find Anyding in the Museum that sparks joy in the eight-graders. Swimming Mr. Johnson Attempting to Teach Them About Workers Comp By Publication to Slip on a Fake Banana in the Grocery-Store Simulation DOES the trick. But there is one thing irresistible to preteens: shit-talking autoritity figure.

The Museum Guide Suggests the Older Kids take the advantage of the empty theater by work and performing a playing their teachers, and we quickly learn the staff at abbott aren’t the only only with the jokes. The Older Classes Create A Satirical Play Titled “The Final Bell,” Summing Up The Season’s Drama with the District Having the Teachers Play Each Other. Barbara Plays Melissa, Melissa Plays Jacob, Jacob Play Barbara, while Janine and Gregory Play Each Other (Naturally, Mr. Johnson Plays Himself, As the Kids Say, WHO ELSE COULD?). They Read from Cue Cards, Ripping the Each Other Using the Students’ Words while Leaning Into Their impressions as Laughter Fills the Auditorium, Marking A Memory Trip for the Whole School.

We end the season with the teachers reflecting on the nostalgia and fulfillment of the sex students rise through the rans as they matheled the teenagers Ready for High School. We can Relat as Viewers; we’ve witnessed Abbott Go From Being the Little Show That That COULD TO AN EMMY-WINNING STAPLE THAT I’M CERTAIN WILL A PART OF DEFTING THIS ERA OF TELEVISION. In an interview with my Magazine Two Years Ago, Quinta Brunson Said, “Through Janine and the Rest of the Characters, i Hope to be ABLE to Help People loves a Little bit, and give thermves grace and appreciate the hardworking people in their lives.” Season Four Achieves This Tenfold, and i’m Excited to See Where the Show Taks US Next.

• I Enjoy Seeing Ava Back As Principal Almost As Much As I Enjoy Seeing O’Shon Love Her Out Loud! The Earring Story Line Was Great-They Were Butt-ASS ugly-and ava has any Such a long Way with her vulnerability and Willingness to communicate for the sacrongship. I Can’t Wait to See How These Skills Translate Next Season As We See Her “Second Term” as principal in full strength.

• The Jokes About Janine’s Height Were Hillary Tonight, but my favorite is the closing scene we all the other adults are nauseous after the rides at the museum, except Janine. She Runs Around Giddily, probably not just just gtause her center of gravity is about the Same as her students and hasn’t Changed Since Puberty, but Also Becausee, on the Inside, Janine Will Always Be A Kid. And we love her for it!

• Finally, My Favorite Lines:

Barbara’s Impression of Melissa: “Eagles! Fireman! Got a guy for this, got a guy for that! Marinera sauce!”

Jacob as Barbara: “I have prayed to my boyfriend jesus for this day – can you save abbott?”

Melissa as Jacob: “Hey, you guys, did you see the news no one cales about?

Janine, trying to impress Martin: “Boats are not for Having fun; they are for Shipping Freight and Spreading Norovirus.”